In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
stot (plural stots)
(obsolete) An inferior horse.
An ox or bull.
(regional) A heifer.
stot (plural stots)
(Scotland, Northern England) A bounce or rebound
(zoology, of quadrupeds) A leap using all four legs at once.
stot (third-person singular simple present stots, present participle stottin or stotting, simple past and past participle stotted)
(intransitive, Scotland and Northern England) To bounce, rebound or ricochet.
(transitive, Scotland and Northern England) To make bounce, rebound or ricochet.
(transitive, Scotland and Northern England) To stumble.
(intransitive, zoology, of quadrupeds) To leap using all four legs at once.
Synonym: pronk
(obsolete) To strike, push, shove. [–16th c.]
• TSTO, tost, tots
Source: Wiktionary
Stot, n. Etym: [AS. stotte a hack, jade, or worthless horse; cf. Sw. stut a bull, Dan. stud an ox. Cf. Stoat.]
1. A horse. [Obs.] Chaucer. Thorold Rogers.
2. A young bull or ox, especially one three years old. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2024
(adjective) tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; “a counselor tries not to be faultfinding”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.